Reform UK has come under fire for allowing a conspiracy theorist to peddle ‘extremism’ claims on stage.

The party, which is holding its party conference in Birmingham, has been criticised for allowing a controversial cardiologist, Dr Aseem Malhotra, to address the crowd.

Speaking before Nigel Farage, Dr Malhotra ranted about the pharmaceutical industry, and King Charles’s and Princess of Wales’s health.

He said: ‘It’s highly likely that the Covid vaccines have been a factor, a significant factor, in the cancer of members of the royal family.’

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His claims were met with gasps in the room, Metro’s politics correspondent Craig Munro reported from the conference.

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